The seven and twenty chapitre. Who schuld worche in the gracious werk of this book.
Who Should Enter the Work of Contemplation
The author identifies those called to the contemplative work: all who have truly forsaken the world and entered the contemplative life, regardless of their past sins.
First and foremost, I'll tell you who should engage in this work, when to do it, by what means, and what discernment you should bring to it. If you ask me who should work in this way, I answer you: all who have forsaken the world with a true will, and who, beyond that, do not give themselves to the active life, but to that life called the contemplative life. Everyone should work in this grace and in this work, whoever they may be, regardless of whether they have been habitual sinners or not.
Read the original Middle English
First and formest, I wil telle thee who schuld worche in this werke, and when, and by what menes, and what discrecion thou schalt have in it. Yif thou aske me who schuld worche thus, I answere thee: alle that han forsaken the worild in a trewe wille, and therto that geven hem not to actyve liif, bot to that liif that is clepid contemplatyve liif. Alle thoo schuld worche in this grace and in this werk, whatsoever that thei be, whether thei have ben customable synners or none.
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A daily portion of stillness
Chosen Portion delivers one short contemplative reading and a guided moment of silence each day — the ascent, one step at a time.
Chosen Portion is the paced doorway into this collection: it portions the dense mystical treatises into one daily reading plus guided silence, exactly as the 14-day plan teaches.
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